Comments on: Upping the Gigabytes

By: DT

DT — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:18:33 +0000

Your comment did get posted, dude. (look above) As for scams, please see my reply to your comment.

By: DT

DT — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:52:34 +0000

I would advice against buying those MDCWLAF. They are usually flash drives with a much lower capacity so yeah, they will work when plugged in. And they also usually set up a fake properties screen that shows it has 512GB. The real test is to use your own computer and transfer 512GB actual data. See my 128GB post for reference.

By: MDCWLAF

MDCWLAF — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:01:14 +0000

Why are my posts being rejected? Is someone afraid I might uncover a scam?

By: MDCWLAF

MDCWLAF — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:52:57 +0000

Just returned from a business trip to Shanghai last week. I found a small shop selling Kingston 512GB drives for 100RMB ($8 USD). The employee plugged them into a laptop to prove that they worked. I was in a hurry and didn’t purchase any. I am scheduled to go back in a couple of months. I will buy a couple and report what I find. Also want to get a couple of the SSD drives while there. At this price, it’s worth it just to play.

By: preet

preet — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:05:40 +0000

I have 15 512 GB kingston USB DT310 bought from china. I want to sell for appx.US$ 400 per piece.

By: pavel

pavel — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:25:24 +0000

I have three 512Gb Kingston flashdrives DT310 bought from China and wish greatly to sell them for about $350 because of that talks about fraud or U.S.Government and so on. I don’t even unpack them.

By: DT

DT — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:28:49 +0000

Edwin,
if its not on the official manufacturer website its most likely fake.

By: DOS

DOS — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:35:17 +0000

Ok, to answer the original question: Yes, there is a 512GB flash drive that is being sold by Kingston to the U.S. Government – only. I work for the Department of Defense in the Middle East and our department has five of them. We purchase them for a little over $1000 USD.

By: Edwin

Edwin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:26:27 +0000

Hello, i found this today . articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-69580332-increibles-memorias-usb-sony-vaio-de-impactantes-512gb-_JM but i can´t find info about this USB in the sony site. if you found something, please say it to me.

By: Punkd

Punkd — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:17:58 +0000

Bought a “Kingston DT310 512GB” in Thailand. This was in a mall, where it looked professional enough to be the real deal.

And that’s how I lost all my vacation pictures.
I love Kingston all the way, but F**K fraudsters!

By: DT

DT — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:07:51 +0000

Anoyamous (how fitting), that website’s title says: “Buy China Wholesale Products from Chinese Wholesalers on DHgate.com”. Their 512GB flash drives start at 12$. Suuuure…

By: Anoyamous

Anoyamous — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:30:37 +0000

There is a 512gb flash drive at DHGate.

By: admin @ flashdrivesusb.net

admin @ flashdrivesusb.net — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:20:27 +0000

It’s really cool that the flash memory usb are getting smaller and smaller everyday while the capacity keeps bigger and bigger. I wonder what the future holds for these gadgets.

By: Spawn Happy Jake

Spawn Happy Jake — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:43:40 +0000

A no-namer? What is it’s hardware name? What operating systems do you have available to you? I know in Windows you can go into Device Manager, right-click a device, go to properties, then some tab…the ID tab or something, forget what it’s called (or something like that). (Not in Windows right now, or I’d find out). In there is a bunch of IDs, like the hardware name, and I think maybe even the Manufacturer. Linux has various vices to find stuff like that, I’m sure. Maybe a lsusb would do it. I’m in Mac OS right now, and I just hit the Apple logo, then “About This Mac” then “More Info”. Then a window is brought up. In the left pane, under hardware, I hit USB. I see USB 2.0 FD under USB High-Speed Bus (what it says for you will probably be different). I click that, and it gives me info such as Vendor ID (PNY Technologies Inc.) Have you tried any of that? Then you could Google the vendor.

By: DT

DT — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:29:22 +0000

Interesting, Alan. Im thinking that the software could be tricked…so again the real test will be putting “physical” 512GB worth of data on there.

By: alan

alan — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:04:53 +0000

its a no namer i got through a friend imported from India- I ran it through a software program that tests memory capacity and after two days (yes two days) it came up as just under 513 gig. I was also originally forced to reformat my first one when I put it in an XP box and fouled it up. using Vista to format it completed at just under 513 gig. so far it hasn’t crashed or lost anything I put on it but I still havent filled it to capacity. So good. I am trying to contact the seller and if i can get any i will put on Kijiji.

By: DT

DT — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:10:13 +0000

Interesting, Alan. Can you disclose who the manufacturer is? And did you verify that it can actually hold 512GB of data? Thanks.